PAN-COMMON-MIB :: panSessionUtilization

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 21, 2026

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panSessionUtilization

Module: PAN-COMMON-MIB

OID (symbolic): PAN-COMMON-MIB::panSessionUtilization

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3.1

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Integer32

Access: read-only

Description: Session table utilization percentage. Values should be between 0 and 100.

What is panSessionUtilization?

Current session table utilization as a percentage of capacity, from 0 to 100. Admins alert on this rising toward 100 to catch a firewall approaching its maximum concurrent-session limit before new connections start getting dropped.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3.1
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> PAN-COMMON-MIB::panSessionUtilization

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3.1.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> PAN-COMMON-MIB::panSessionUtilization.1

Start monitoring Palo Alto Networks firewall/security products (software/content-version identity) with a free 30-day trial of IPNetwork Monitor. Create custom SNMP monitor using the PAN-COMMON-MIB::panSessionUtilization OID value, configure state conditions and alerts, and monitor any Palo Alto Networks firewall/security products (software/content-version identity) from a single console.

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewall as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type panSessionUtilization into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, then select it and click OK. It reports the current session-table utilization on this firewall, as a percentage. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is an Integer32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if session-table utilization exceeds 85-90%, since running close to the session limit can cause new connections to be dropped. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (9 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461panRootPAN-GLOBAL-REG
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2panMibsPAN-GLOBAL-REG
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1panCommonMibPAN-GLOBAL-REG
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2panCommonObjsPAN-COMMON-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3panSessionPAN-COMMON-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.3.1panSessionUtilizationPAN-COMMON-MIB